Amazingly, the French are still there

United Press has an article about the fighting in Afghanistan (remember that?):

The French government said Tuesday that ten of its soldiers died in fighting near Kabul, while U.S. and Afghan forces killed several insurgents in other clashes. The French defense ministry said its soldiers, part of the 1,670-strong French contingent with NATO forces in Afghanistan, had been engaged in fighting Taliban militants since Monday.
Elsewhere Tuesday, several suicide bombers and militants tried to attack the Forward Operating Base Salerno, a U.S. base north of Khost in eastern Afghanistan, but were beaten back. Khost is about 12 miles from the border with Pakistan. The report said seven insurgents, including three suicide bombers, were killed. A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said the approaching militants had been observed by U.S. and Afghan troops at the base. A Taliban spokesman claimed 15 suicide bombers inflicted heavy casualties at the base, which was dismissed both by ISAF and local officials

Rico says fifteen suicide bombers? That would have been impressive...